Wednesday, April 30, 2008

America The Beautiful...Divided We Stand

I imagined it would happen one day...either a black man or woman for President. So here we are facing an interesting election time and with a double vision for what I thought would be way in the future....a woman or black man for the democratic presidential nomination. What bothers me about this prospect is that so many of us see the candidates as just that - a woman or a black man...not simply two people who aspire to hold what is one of the most powerful positions of a lifetime. Why is it that we have separated what they believe, what they stand for, and what they have trained for most of their adult lives by their gender or the color of their skin? Hilary has been a politician for so long and her husband served our country as President, yet she is the token woman. And Barrack, eloquent, idealistic,charasmatic, and also with a history in politics is being catorized as the token black man (yet he is of mixed race) . I consider myself fairly intelligent and I believe that most of the people I socialize with are farily intelligent also and I can tell you that in discussing who is the better candidate we never even considered the gender or race issue. Some that I know are impressed with Barrack's ideas and his visions for a better America and others feel confident in knowing that Hilary has the experience in goverment to put her ideas to work...nonetheless, neither have been judged by their skin color or gender. I saddens me that our media has taken such a stand as to pull apart our nation of intelligent voters by throwing into the mix of ideas and values, something that just does not fit. Obama and Hilary are worthy oponents and deserve to be where they are today because of their ability, experience, ideas, values, and love for this country. Please people, stay focused on this election and do no let the media persuade you otherwise! Vote Democrat! (hee hee just thought I would throw that one in there.)

4 comments:

singleton said...

Ahhh,sweetie, ILY! I learned that night a zillion lifes ago, with Hugh and what was his name? at the election returns....
to never ever ever discuss politics! The good doctor and what's his name have never forgiven us!

skinnylittleblonde said...

The media is very powerful ....politically, socially, economically...the whole nine yards.
Remember the days of 'Fight the Hype'? Those days have never faded...just the words. The media defines not only how so many people vote, but also how they invest their money, how they style their hair & what they consider to be healthy.
I bet if the news said that 'red, not pink, lipstick protects women from cancer' everyone would run around buying red lipstick.
We gotta fight the hype & think for ourselves! P&L

singleton said...

Less than one month! Meet you at the Tiki Bar!

singleton said...

June 20th...
seven days and seven nights in your backyard!